Week twenty five
This week I finally finished off the antenna which involved putting about six coats of paint on it to make it look nice and to protect it from corrosion, and …
Week twenty four
Whenever we go to the organic store to buy something like bread, Beth always ends up getting five other things and spending three times as much! And the same happens …
Week twenty three
This week started with more work on the solar panels. First I got a large sheet of weather-proof ply wood and got it chopped into four equal pieces of 80cm …
Week twenty two
At last we got back to the land after more than a month! The first thing we noticed on arrival was that our new access road had been made 🙂 the …
Week twenty one
We got up at six thirty on Monday morning so we could catch an early bus to Caxias and get the residency bureaucracy out of the way – or so …
Week twenty
It’s been a difficult week this week 🙁 we haven’t been to the land since before we went to Porto Alegre. We’ve been moving out of the pensão and into a …
Week nineteen
We didn’t spend the weekend at the land this week, instead of me going to the land on Friday to meet Beth, she cycled back from there to Canela to …
Week eighteen
I’ve just got back from another weekend at the land for another week of work. Beth’s staying there for the week again so she can put more solid time into …
Week seventeen
I cycled there on Thursday afternoon with a heavy backpack full of fruit and veges – I found it pretty hard, but I think I’ll get used to it after …
Week sixteen
”’Happy birthday Dad!!! We made you an awesome potato pie for your birthday present and ate it for you too 🙂 Here’s a picture of your pie – and of …